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BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
GOVERNOR
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
20301 MAIL SERVICE CENTER • RALEIGH, NC 27699-0301
July 29, 2009
Contact: Chris Mackey
Office: (919) 733-5612
Gov. Perdue Joins Statewide Health Leaders at President’s Town Hall
Gov. Bev Perdue today joined health leaders from across North Carolina to attend President Barack Obama’s health care forum at Broughton High School in Raleigh. The governor invited representatives from the state’s leading health care organizations, including hospitals, research institutions, advocates and minority groups, to attend the event with her.
“I applaud the president for prioritizing health care and for working with Congress to bring about change,” Perdue said. “Here in North Carolina, one in five of our citizens does not have health insurance. We are living the problem, and we are all anxious for a solution.
“When I spoke to President Obama this morning, I told him I believe strongly that reform must take place at the federal level. We have innovative solutions to providing care in North Carolina, and we have excellent providers, but our finances are stretched to the limit. We must ensure that the financial burden of a new system cannot fall to the states. A national health care system must provide the right care, at the right time, at the right place – but at a price that people, and states, can afford.”
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BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
GOVERNOR
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
20301 MAIL SERVICE CENTER • RALEIGH, NC 27699-0301
July 29, 2009
Contact: Chris Mackey
Office: (919) 733-5612
Gov. Perdue Joins Statewide Health Leaders at President’s Town Hall
Gov. Bev Perdue today joined health leaders from across North Carolina to attend President Barack Obama’s health care forum at Broughton High School in Raleigh. The governor invited representatives from the state’s leading health care organizations, including hospitals, research institutions, advocates and minority groups, to attend the event with her.
“I applaud the president for prioritizing health care and for working with Congress to bring about change,” Perdue said. “Here in North Carolina, one in five of our citizens does not have health insurance. We are living the problem, and we are all anxious for a solution.
“When I spoke to President Obama this morning, I told him I believe strongly that reform must take place at the federal level. We have innovative solutions to providing care in North Carolina, and we have excellent providers, but our finances are stretched to the limit. We must ensure that the financial burden of a new system cannot fall to the states. A national health care system must provide the right care, at the right time, at the right place – but at a price that people, and states, can afford.”
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